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    In Salty's case, it's good to mention batting average, but as a positive. He managed to maintain a SLG% of .450 when his BA (which is part of SLG%) was that low.
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    Why not have the best of both worlds and let him work on his defense a bit and become the regular catcher at mid-season or to start '13? He's not going anywhere.
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    By catcher standards, Salty was slightly above average last year. That is "decent". And you have to look at positional standards when evaluating players. As for the rest of your post, Lavarnway has 39 At Bats at the Major League Level. While by all accounts, his production will be there, he has proven nothing.
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    You keep mentioning your "experience" scouting, but you haven't scouted Ryan Lavarnway, and neither have any of us. We are regurgitating information from actual scouts and what little exposure we've had regarding his abilities. According to those scouts, he could probably (notice probably) hit Major League pitching right now, but he needs a lot of work defensively, and needs time before he becomes a regular MLB catcher (what the Red Sox view him as, not a DH). What you're doing here is nothing but a bunch of assumptions and leaps of faith, specially given the fact that you're projecting actual counting stats. As for Salty, he has his shortcomings, but he is at least adequate. That is a claim that cannot be made about Lavarnway until he proves it at the MLB level, and the Red Sox are doing the right thing by bringing him along slowly so he has every opportunity to succeed.
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    By all accounts, he is a finished product offensively, so it's all about his D coming around.
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    Discuss Red Sox Spring Training happenings here.
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    Discuss happenings around the league here.
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    I made this prediction in another thread: Salty will get traded because Lavarnway forces the Sox' hand.
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    What i mean was (and i posted it above) is that in similar situations, starting at the same age, although the "inherent skills" are different, the chances of either the baseball player or the golf player succeeding in each other's sport is essentially the same. Hard work comprises 80% of success. As you mention above, it's not a required skills thing, but it's not luck either. The baseball player likely can't crossover because it's 100 times more different to succeed at a sport they are barely scratching on as an adult.
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    The D rests.
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    I had the fortune of seeing two hole-in-ones in one day a couple of months ago. Played the lottery. Didn't win.
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    Yes but my point was that he specifically referred to baseball players who, mind you, already play a professional sport for a living, not making it pro as a golfer. Not only is that a very small sample, but you're including a condition (being a baseball player) that would likely devoid them of the time necessary to improve to the pro level at golf. The example does not use a level playing field.
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    So the degree of difficulty according to the physics aspects of it (reaction time, size of actual area of impact, and speed variations) aren't good enough indicators? Also, on a poll of professional athletes from every one of the high-ranked "difficult sports" they all agreed that hitting a baseball is the hardest things to do in sports, as did a team of scientists, as did a group of average Joe's. So many people have to be on to something.
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    I'm game.
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    Look at the article. It says "appear to be rated". Meaning they're not even sure of that "ranking". But hey, back-patting is nice.
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    Still a longer reaction time, and the velocity and general movement of the puck are more predictable.
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    There is no single, because there are many. Reaction time, hand-eye coordination and size of the tool used as well as control of the object thrown all favor baseball as the most difficult.
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    In the tennis section, they explain the physics of returning a serve. The reaction time is higher, and the tool used to hit the ball is much more forgiving. Besides, who are we to argue with Andy Roddick's expertise?
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    Actually, no: There are more in-detail explanations within the link from players such as Torii Hunter and athletes from sports. The only thing everyone agrees on is that.
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    Data's in the link. Your problem if you're too lazy to take five minutes and read it.
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    In the poll they ran, several tennis players (including Andy Roddick) identified hitting in baseball as the most difficult activity.
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    Every scientific study ever done regarding the subject? 0.5 seconds reaction time for a 90 MPH fastball, and the difficulty of actually squaring up the ball even if you react. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ten-hardest-splash.htm There's a lot of evidence regarding the subject here. Also, i can see our good friend here actually has something in common with The Splinter.
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